Elon Musk explains exactly how Space X's Mechazilla can catch the Super Heavy booster.
On Sunday morning, Space X successfully caught a 20+ story tall rocket booster.
"This is a custom-built tower with arms that are designed to catch the largest flying and heaviest flying object ever made and pluck it outta the air."
"It'll weigh about 250 tons. We'll make that lighter over time."
"So you got a couple hundred tons plummeting at more than half the speed of sound. So this thing is still coming in really fast."
"When the engines land... it's gonna drop the velocity to basically zero and come in between the arms."
"The arms will be wide, and as it's coming in, the arms will, will close, go flush against the side of the vehicle, and the vehicle will be descending through the arms."
"The probability is uncertain, but it is above zero."
Insane.
Apple spending $10B across 10 years to build a new product is equivalent to spending $83M per month or $3M a day. This was NOT just a side project, it was a MAJOR project that was supposed to build the first Apple Car to take on Tesla head on. This week the largest company in the world waved the white flag and gave up on it. Every Tesla you see on the road is proof that the company & team accomplished the impossible, which is creating an EV that autonomously drives itself, one that is produced at scale & at a profit, and one that people absolutely love.
After three days on-orbit, Dragon and the @inspiration4x crew will return to Earth today and splash down at ~7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK
Germany has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers in what it suspects may have been preparation to spread disinformation before the upcoming German election. https://t.co/QFYVrBEQUA